Fernando Brant

Fernando Rocha Brant (October 9, 1946 – June 12, 2015) was a Brazilian poet, lyricist and journalist, born in Caldas, Minas Gerais.

Brant's interest in music and literature began to increase while he studied law at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

[1] At the beginning of the 1960s, Brant made friends with Milton Nascimento who soon became his creative partner and encouraged him to write his first lyrics, "Travessia".

That same year, in Belo Horizonte, Brant and friends began articulating a project that would become Clube da Esquina, an influential Brazilian music artists collective.

On June 12, 2015, Fernando Brant died in Belo Horizonte from complications of a second liver transplantation surgery.